Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are two of the world’s wealthiest men. Both own private rocket companies. And in public, their relationship has been characterized by conflict. In one notable put down, Mr. Musk responded, “Jeff who?” when an interviewer inquired about
The launch could occur as early as 8:02 p.m. But the action will begin hours before that. If the schedule is similar to SpaceX’s earlier NASA astronaut flights, then about three and a half hours before the launch, the crew will begin
A five-hour launch window opens Wednesday at 8:02 p.m. Eastern time. The exact time will depend on the weather. Current forecasts give an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions. In an update posted to Twitter at about 1:20 p.m., SpaceX said the
A little-known but crucial agent of carbon removal from the atmosphere — the siphonophore, which lives in what’s known as the twilight zone of the sea — will be highlighted during U.N. Climate Week in a video projection from a Danish arts
In January, his doctor, Alexis Thompson of Northwestern University, told him he no longer had sickle cell disease. It is strange, Mr. Hubbard said, to think he has a future. “I am becoming more serious about life,” he said. “I didn’t think
NEW DELHI — John Kerry, the United States envoy for climate change, said Monday that postponing a major United Nations summit on global warming set for November in Scotland would be a “huge, huge mistake.” “The show must go on,” Mr. Kerry
At the time, researchers were learning how to reconstruct the genomes of extinct species based on fragments of DNA retrieved from fossils. It became possible to pinpoint the genetic differences that set ancient species apart from their modern cousins, and to begin
Earlier this year, as Covid-19 vaccines became more widely available, some women and girls went on social media to describe changes in their menstrual cycles after receiving the shots, including irregular cycles, painful periods and heavy bleeding. Some postmenopausal women shared stories
Source: NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network·Temperature distributions show daily minimum temperatures for the summer months (June-August) in each decade, measured by the airport weather station. Data for the 2020s consists of the 2020 and 2021 summers. Nights are considered abnormally cold or
When asked for comment, both the E.P.A. and Department of Energy referred questions to the White House, which did not respond. The concerns underscore the difficulty of cleaning up an industry that has come under increasing pressure to tackle its emissions. Aviation
It would be reasonable to hear the term “volcanic bomb” and presuppose that such an object tends to explode. But a specific type of volcanic bomb rarely lives up to the second half of its name: These objects get blasted into the
